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Orlando Weekly March 16-22, 2022
News & Views
11 Your Words: Letters to the editor 13 ICYMI: News you may have missed in the past week 15 Informed Dissent: Opinion 17 We say gay: A timeline of HB 1557/SB 1834 21 SEEN: We caught a crowded punk show at Uncle Lou’s
Food & Drink
23 Restaurant review: Yummy Taste 23 Tip Jar: Local restaurant openings and closings 27 Recently Reviewed: Short takes from the month’s restaurant reviews
Film & Music
29 On (small) Screens: Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss 31 Concert preview: Southern Fried Sunday celebrates 16th anniversary with a great big musical bash 35 This Little Underground: New local releases + concert picks
Back Pages
37 The Week: Things to do for the week of March 16-22 39 Free Will Astrology: Your horoscope for the week of March 16-22 39 Gimme Shelter: Give grumpy but good boy Oliver his forever home! 42 Classified advertisements
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